Documentaries can affect people's lives in a negative way physically and emotionally. They are a good way to learn about the challenges people face who want to emigrate because they see the truth and the life in a new place. Documentaries about immigrants' lives impact immigrants in the future in a negative way because of their culture, lack of acceptance, and different beliefs. A new culture can affect immigrants in a negative way because they are going to be judged for their culture.…
The Forever Lasting Dream Warsan Shire once quoted, “No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark.” This quote refers to refugees, as they are forced out of their homeland by foreigners because their lives are endangered. In the novel De Niro’s Game by Rawi Hage and the article “ ‘Torture, murder, fighting': Syrian refugee in Oswestry talks about the life they left behind,” the protagonist and the Syrian refugee both wanted to leave their own…
Dreams by Immigrants Have you ever had to try something new by yourself, something you’ve never done before? Have you had a flat tire in the middle of nowhere and you have no one to call. How will you change the tire if you never have done it? How do you know what tools you need when you don’t even know their names. Have you felt the desperation of not having anyone to call, or the anxiety of not being able to, change the tire and getting home safely. Do you have a jack in your car, can you…
If you have to immigrate to another country, what obstacles may you face? Immigrants encounter many obstacles when moving to a new country. Immigrants may encounter obstacles like transition, family, and work. During migration, the transition to an unfamiliar country is the toughest one to encounter. There are many reasons that people migrate from one country to another. When they resettle in the new country the transition from one culture to another is challenging. For example, in the…
In The Sea There Are Crocodiles is a realistic fiction book. That was written by Fabio Geda who is an Italian writer that took on a kids story of his life as a refugee.The main character, Enaiat, is a refugee fleeing from his home country, Afghanistan in order to survive. A war had broken out in his country, the Taliban were against anyone who was Hazara, that includes Enaiat.Enaiat teaches the reader that there are many obstacles in a refugee’s life, so we should help by supporting them,…
invading Arab states, unintentionally resulting in an ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians. I will start by analyzing the Palestinian perspective of Plan D as compared to the Palestinian perspective. Next I will describe the historical context of the 1948 war and the events leading up to the implementation of Plan Dalet. Lastly I will describe the specifics of Plan Dalet itself in order to point to the long lasting implications it has had on the Palestinians. It goes without saying that the…
Before one can become a beautiful butterfly, we must break out of our old shell and fly into an unknown world. But, life provides many ups and downs and having some sorts of motivation and effort will help anyone to overcome the problems and get to success. However, if we living in this world our life shouldn’t be without ups and downs, otherwise, we are dead.In everyone’s life, many peoples come and goes. Many peoples come and stay in our lives forever and many come only for a short period of…
The day I moved was a remembrance of what is and what was. It was a hot summer afternoon in Nairobi, Kenya with not much to do outside but gaze at the vast sandy lands that envelope part of my village. Every day was a new experience to grow and learn. I used to make kites out of some paper and twigs with a rope tied behind and watch as it soars above me reaching new heights that I could only wish to dream of. Change has been always something I was hesitant on understanding. Friends and families…
In the 1980s, the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) opened its archives pertaining to the 1948 war to the public. This prompted a revision of the origins of the Palestinian refugee crisis, which birthed a new interpretation of the historical events. Two narratives of this history emerged, the new history that is led by Benny Morris and the old history that is advocated by Shabtai Teveth. Morris contends that Israel is more to blame for the refugee crisis because of rumors of a transfer idea for…
During people’s life, they often should make several and difficult decisions which have repercussions forever. “The worst decisions in life we make,” Sherrilyn Kenyon wrote, “are always the one we make out of fear.” I am agree with Ms. Kenyon, but almost all the time when I made decision the fear about if it will be certain or not. Decisions and fears are connected in our brain when we are in this situation. Here is my history. I born and grow up in a warm family in the center of Cuba. My…